45 Useful Expressions to Sound Friendly in English
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come on the first word first phrase is
come on come on is a phrase that’s used
to encourage other people like let’s go
to the party come on or you could also
use it with downward intonation as in
come on when you feel upset about
something someone has stopped in front
of you in the middle of the street and
you’re trying to walk but they they just
don’t move you can say come on though
don’t say that out loud maybe because
they might get upset with you come on
over that’s a good one yeah come on over
to my house or come on over to the
barbecue this weekend it’s gonna be a
good time so you can use it as part of
its separate phrase as well not just by
itself believe the next word is belief
belief is used a verb it’s a verb when
you trust in something or that you feel
that you know that something exists or
something is possible or something is
capable many people use it as in like I
believe in you to show that they think
that the other person or the other group
of people is capable of doing something
or people use it for their faith as well
like I believe in God or I don’t believe
in God for something that youth you have
your faith in and another person or in
religion whatever that might be
consistency consistency is a noun the
consistency of a liquid can be really
thick or kind of thin or you can also
use consistency to talk about something
that’s important that you need when
you’re studying a language for example
consistency so consistency refers to
doing the same thing the same way over
and over and over again studying
everyday or making a habit out of
studying creating consistency in your
study patterns will really help you in
learning another language or watch our
videos every week we’re consistent
friend-friend that’s good I’m glad that
that was a word that was chosen from the
Facebook thing friend yeah so someone
that you feel close to or someone that
you get along really well with is your
friend mmm in a sentence I went out
drinking with my friends yesterday and
that was a bad idea
friend also can be used for the people
who follow you or the people who you’re
connected to on social media so your
Facebook friends maybe Twitter you can
have Twitter
friends maybe Instagram friends people
that you haven’t actually met but that
you somehow have a connection with
online people are now calling them your
friends but whether or not they’re true
friends remains to be seen what is a
true friend a true friend is someone who
you can tell all your things - and they
won’t judge you for it
gatecrash this this gatecrash means to
go to an event without having been
invited to the event I’ve also heard
just crash I haven’t heard it with gate
but I just heard crash isn’t to crash a
party so in a sentence
I once crashed a house party hmm I
wasn’t invited but someone somehow we
had a connection and we just showed up
and had a good time but usually gate
crashes are perceived as they’re very
unwelcome like you shouldn’t be there
great great is just a positive word how
are you I’m great
oh how was that movie it was great any
time that you want to express some sort
of positivity you could use the word
great right you’re great Eileen pizza is
pretty great
I haven’t eaten beads in a while pizza I
don’t know I love the phrase I don’t
know I talked about this phrase in one
of the English topics videos that we did
with Michael we’ll check that out if you
haven’t already I don’t know of course
is used when you do not know information
you don’t know the answer your teacher
asks you a question in math class or
something and you can say I don’t know
for I have no ideas so you can use it in
this way but I like to use I don’t know
a lot to transition in my speech when I
don’t have a good idea or when I’m out
of things to say and I want to kind of
pass the conversation to the next person
I go I don’t know I don’t know you can
use this when you’re trying to make a
decision for example and you kind of
want to encourage the other person to
like help make the decision so one
person might say what do you want to do
and you can say I don’t know what do you
want to do I don’t know what do you want
to do and eventually somebody has to
make the decision but you can kind of
pass back and forth with I don’t know I
don’t know in this sort of soft way
never mind
yeah never mind means don’t worry about
it or maybe like stop thinking about
that I don’t need to think about that
anymore never mind like you want to move
on in the conversation you can say never
mind are you making embarrassing comment
never mind
what is happening there was there’s like
a creaky cracky thing happening
nevermind oh I just used it nevermind no
it wasn’t on purpose so I just use
nevermind that was pretty good passion
passion passion refers to something that
you feel very strongly about positively
usually so you can feel passion for your
studies you can feel passion for your
hobby you can feel passion for your
family or your friend I think we use
passion more so to talk about like a
love relationship of a romantic
relationship so you could say I have
passion for my wife I have passion for
my husband or like I have passion for
this hobby that I do it’s a really
positive word so in a sentence let’s see
I think a relationship should be full of
passion I have passion for music I do I
have passion for music I’m constantly
listening to music from the moment I
wake up in the morning I literally have
headphones in in my bed and I’m
listening to my latest the latest new
things on my soundcloud stream that’s
true sparkler why did you guys pick
spark sparkler a sparkler is a small
firework like a handheld firework that
you can use like a fourth of July you
light one end of it and it kind of makes
that sound to it cuz it kind of burns
and you can write stuff and if you take
a picture with a like a long time err on
the camera or whatever you can spell out
boobs one of my favorite things to do on
the 4th of July in America is to light
sparklers with my family and friends you
win the first phrase is you win you win
if you hear the phrase you win it means
you have won something you are probably
going to receive something for free whoo
that’s a very happy thing right you want
to give free things congratulations you
win a car
yay here are the keys to your new car
great thank you and I brought you
something special this is exciting to
hear because it means this little
something special is I call I thought
only of you so I brought you this I
brought you something special
really thank you I miss you I miss you I
miss you is nice you can use this with
your friends your family members your
partner whoever I miss you shows that
you want to meet the other person
probably you
haven’t you haven’t seen them as much as
you would like to so you can say I miss
you I miss you call your husband or wife
or boyfriend girlfriend whoever on the
phone maybe you haven’t seen them for a
long time you can say I miss you I miss
you too
take a break I’ll do the cleaning today
take a break I’ll do the cleaning today
this means someone else is going to
clean up your house for you or clean up
something for you I would be very happy
to hear this phrase right now because my
apartment is a disaster because I am
only there to sleep so maybe you’ve had
a long day at work or a long day doing
something you come home and somebody
else has offered to do this for you so
take a break I’ll do the cleaning today
and you can reply really thank you so
much I’m gonna relax the budget is
unlimited the next phrase that you
always want to hear is the budget is
unlimited the budget is unlimited this
could be at work this could be a budget
a personal budget maybe but it just
means there’s no limit to the budget you
can spend as much money as you want very
exciting so let’s see in a business
context perhaps you have this new client
who’s going to give you a lot of money
to build a new house or something maybe
you’re building houses that’s your
project your boss comes to you the
budget for this project is unlimited
really let’s go crazy there’ll be a
bonus at the end of the month yeah this
is a phrase that you probably are very
excited to hear it means you are going
to receive extra money from your job at
the end of the month woohoo very
exciting extra money maybe you’ll hear
this from your boss or your manager or
maybe your coworker at work maybe you
see it in an email there’ll be a bonus
at the end of the month really I’m gonna
use mine to buy a new car really I’m
gonna use mine to go out on a date
really I’m gonna use mine to get a new
fish you did a great job you did a great
job you did a great job it’s something
you’ll probably hear from well I don’t
know you could hear this from pretty
much anybody any time you’ve done a good
job someone will congratulate you or
tell you their opinion with this phrase
you did a great job you finished a
project at work and your boss says you
did a great job nice thank you so much
it was really fun or thank you just just
say thank you you look great today you
look great
today the other person thinks that your
physical appearance is nice today don’t
think about that today part you know
just just just take the compliment
oh really thank you so much you look
great today oh thank you so much I got a
new haircut thank you so much i i got
enough sleep yeah you were right you
were right
this means that something that you said
in the past was correct and it everybody
likes to be correct I think I saw that
movie that you recommended you were
right it was really good
oh good I’m glad you enjoyed it don’t be
like I know or yeah I knew I was right
don’t do that just say oh good I’m glad
you’re an excellent cook
you’re an excellent cook this is a nice
compliment especially for someone who
enjoys cooking if you say you’re an
excellent cook it means you enjoyed
their food so let’s see at a dinner
party for example you’re an excellent
cook this food is delicious oh thank you
so much I’m really glad you enjoyed it
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I love your cooking this is my personal
favorite compliment oh my god I love
cooking like I’m always posting like
pictures of things that I cooked on
Twitter I’m just like crazy about food
so this would be a compliment that I
would love to get like the ultimate
compliment for me that would be will you
make my birthday cake that would be such
a compliment like it’s a question but
it’s it there’s so much behind that will
you make my birthday cake you would give
that to me so maybe after you can use
this after a meal for example I love
your cooking and the other person will
be like
next is great job great job this is a
compliment that you can use anytime you
can use it to your with your friend with
your not with your boss your boss might
use it with you an employee a co-worker
or colleague pet even whatever it’s it’s
just a very small scale very easy to use
compliment it means you think whatever
has just happened is good I use great
job all the time I use great job and I
use good job sometimes when I make a
mistake or something funny happens and
I’m alone at my house and I want to make
fun of myself I’ll be like yeah great
job Alicia but if I’m if I’m trying to
be positive about a failure or laugh at
myself a bit but in general it’s just a
good easy compliment to give someone
great job you have a way with words you
have a way with words this can be
speaking this can be writing it means
you think that the other person is a
good communicator or maybe even more so
than just a good communicator you think
that the way they speak or the way that
they write is particularly good so that
could mean funny it could mean romantic
it could mean dramatic something about
the way they speak or the way that they
write you really enjoy that you can say
you have a way with words it’s quite a
nice compliment I think it’s kind of
like a you know it’s smart it’s a bit of
a smart thing you have a way with words
or you can say you’re good with words
you’re really good with words
yeah all right next one you look
gorgeous
you look gorgeous very nice compliment
to give just be very careful with the
way that you say this for an everyday
compliment I tend not to say you look
nice
or you look gorgeous today or something
like that because the underlying comment
there is on the other days that person
doesn’t look nice like so if I want to
compliment someone’s appearance I try to
pick a specific thing I’m like oh I’ve
never seen you wear that sweater before
it looks nice on you something like that
like yesterday my friend had a new dress
on and like is that a new dress and
because I thought she looked nice I was
but I didn’t I didn’t want to make it
sound like I don’t think she looks nice
day so I said is that a new dress and
she goes yeah and I said I think that
color is really really nice on you it
looks really good and she was so happy
about that so yes there there are these
compliments like you look nice you look
great you look gorgeous and so on but I
personally kind of prefer to level them
up a little bit and just say pick a
specific thing like did you get a new
haircut did you dye your hair or you did
you get something
did something happen like what whatever
it is try to pick up on a specific thing
because then that shows you’re paying
attention to the other person and you
think that whatever they have chosen to
do whatever like clothing or whatever
haircut whatever it is you think that
they have good sense there too or good
style so it’s kind of like a double it’s
a very subtle double compliment yeah the
next word is you have good tastes you
have good taste this can be for food
fashion style for decorating sense music
in movies whatever if you think that
that person’s artistic selection is in
whatever capacity if you think that that
person makes good choices with their
their appearance or their hobbies or
whatever you can say you have good taste
this is a fairly sophisticated
compliment I think we use you have good
taste for something like it’s it sounds
a bit more sophisticated maybe if you
both choose the same bottle of wine
perhaps like it has kind of a more
formal adult dish sophisticated feeling
about it this compliment so yeah maybe
maybe wine is a good example of that
yeah oh nice bottle choice like I really
like that you have good taste you can
follow this by the way you have good
taste
in blah blah blah you have good taste in
movies you have good taste in music if
you want to be specific about something
that you think that person is really
good at choosing you have good taste in
now okay okay um next one is you have a
great sense of humor you have a great
sense of humor this is the this is the
underlying compliment in the phrase you
are so funny
this is the underlying compliment you
have a great sense of humor means the
other person thinks you are funny that
you are good at telling jokes or
make them laugh this is actually one of
my favorite compliments to get you have
a great sense of humor yeah because I
think that like you know people like to
laugh so it’s an it’s an if someone
makes you laugh you can say this you
have a great sense of humor or you’re
very funny yeah it’s a good one it’s a
really good one
so you could say after a joke for
example or after maybe you’ve you’re you
finished laughing it’s something the
other person has said you can say ah you
have a great sense of humor good next
one is your resume is impressive
this is a weird compliment to say to
your friends unless you’re like
reviewing your friends resume it’s a bit
weird this is something that perhaps
someone interviewing another person for
a job would say the candidate comes in
for the interview the interviewer says
why your resume is very impressive I’d
like to ask you a few questions about it
so this is good to hear in a work
situation yeah you really probably won’t
need to use this with your friends if
you do it’s kind of weird
oh wow this next one is quite a
compliment nobody’s ever said this yeah
to be fair if somebody said this next
one to me I would feel a little bit of
like pressure the compliment here is you
make me want to be a better person this
is something that I think you see in
movies from time to time pers yeah I’ve
had I had one person say like like oh
that something you did inspired me and
that was like really like wow that was
really exciting like somebody was
inspired by something like wow that’s
great I want to be like you that’s a
really cool compliment but if someone
says you want to make me be a better
person it’s like oh wow like that means
I’m really important to that person
which is really flattering but at the
same time if someone said that I would
also be like if it’s like my friend I
would be like but I want you to be you
like I think you’re a cool person
already yeah it’s like oh you make me
want to be a better person like in that
person’s viewpoint you’re like somehow
above them and that’s uncomfortable
yeah just I would rather say you inspire
me I think that that or like this thing
that you
really inspired me like if somebody said
like I saw that picture that she posted
on Twitter of that pizza today Alicia
and it really inspired me and I made my
own pizza I’d be like yay Oh next one is
nice actually I say this to my friends
quite a bit you are an awesome friend
this is really really good to use after
your friend has helped you with
something maybe you’re moving to a new
apartment or new house or maybe you’ve
had some trouble and your friend gave
you some good advice or your friend just
listened to you when you really needed
to talk to someone after that experience
you could say thanks so much you were an
awesome friend or maybe your friend did
something really really cool and you
just want to like tell them like I think
you’re really awesome just say you are
an awesome friend they’ll be happy to
hear that or just you can abbreviate it
- you are awesome not just you’re an
awesome friend just you are awesome
you’re a cool person you are awesome
you’re fantastic you are an awesome ring
you’re an awesome friend compliments
that I want to hear quite honestly I
feel that the any physical appearance
compliment is sort of boring to me
honestly when people yeah really I’m
just like okay great that I didn’t do
anything to be have this body or face or
whatever it’s just it’s like okay that
doesn’t mean anything like what are we
gonna do with that it’s like if you’re
one if you want to compliment somebody I
feel like you should compliment them on
their skills something that they have
done or something that they have created
or something about their personality
that is valuable to you I think that
that’s a much better compliment so for
me I like this is delicious because I
love cooking so when somebody tells me
this is so good like when they say it in
just that right way and you can tell
that it’s real if you can tell that it’s
true I’m just like yes when people go oh
my god this is so good like I’ve cooked
something really really well they say oh
my god amazing or I want to eat your
food that sort of thing when people say
that I’m just like yes like that makes
me so so happy because it’s something
like that’s one of my favorite things to
do it’s a skill and it’s something like
I’ve worked hard to try to do well so
when someone compliments me on that I
get really excited
would you like to go out to dinner with
me okay the first phrase is would you
like to go out to dinner with me this is
a pretty typical invitation I think you
can use would you go out for lunch with
me is okay - or would you like to get a
coffee with me as well if you invite
someone out for breakfast it’s a little
weird I feel like I don’t think I would
say to someone like I’m making a bomb
would you like to go out for breakfast
sometime it’s just not really something
you would say you know would you like to
go out to dinner with me sure sounds
great
are you free this weekend are you free
this weekend
are you free free means are your is your
schedule free do you have an open
schedule this weekend
very nice very casual as well so are you
free this weekend yeah I’ve got some
time what’s up would you like to hang
out with me the next phrase is would you
like to hang out with me that sounds a
little too formal to me if it were me I
would just say do you want to hang out
do you want to get together that’s a
little bit more natural so do you want
to hang out this weekend yeah sure let’s
catch a movie you’re so cute I’m gonna
preface this by saying I don’t say this
okay the next phrase is you’re so cute I
never say this maybe I’m just cold it’s
typically said with downward intonation
people say you’re so cute you’re so cute
kind of going down like that you can
also use this as a compliment
people like parents will say this or
grandparents will say those two children
in the family so you’re so cute thank
you I suppose is what you say you look
great
ah next one is a much better compliment
I think much more sincere it is you look
great you look great maybe you’re going
out for dinner or something nice your
partner looks really nice you can say
you look great oh thank you I had a
great time the next one is I had a great
time I had a great time so this isn’t
what this is an expression you use after
your date you go out for dinner you
spend some time together
and you have fun you can say I had a
great time so the interaction might be
thanks so much for tonight I had a
great time me too let’s get together
again soon I’ll call you next expression
is I’ll call you I’ll call you so again
probably used after the date to show how
you want to keep in touch later so one
person might say I’ll call you
sounds good I’ll Drive you home the next
one again used at the end of the date
after the date has finished I’ll Drive
you home
so maybe you live someplace where cars
are their normal or you drive for your
date’s
so you can say I’ll Drive you home
meaning I’ll take you home in my car so
in the situation maybe I’ll Drive you
home
okay thanks very much I don’t know why I
keep looking I have my date my date is
very tall like super tall like eight
feet okay can I see you again
okay the next expression again after the
date or maybe even like the day or two
after the day you could say can I see
you again or I want to see you again or
let’s get together again
meaning you had a nice time you want to
see that person again so you can say can
I see you again sure that would be great
shall we go somewhere else the next one
okay so maybe you’ve gone for dinner for
example with something with someone and
you want to suggest a different location
like let’s go for a drink after dinner
you can say should we go somewhere else
this says shall we go somewhere else I
would say do you want to go somewhere
else in this situation I say shall we go
somewhere else and I don’t think so I’m
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